News from October 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Damien Diggs will lead the Northern District of Texas’ Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020 general election. AUSA Diggs is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights concerns in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The former president of an Ohio healthcare management company waived indictment and pleaded guilty today to bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cody James Cooper, age 27, of Eufaula, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Timothy W. Gist will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2020, general election. AUSA Gist has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: San Antonio Return Preparer Pleads Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with Henderson & Sons Funeral Home (Henderson), a funeral service operator in Rome, Georgia, to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 47-year-old man from Durango, Mexico, has been sentenced to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - DEA is holding its 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 at locations across the country. The nationwide event aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee of Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statements in response a new report from the Postal Service Inspector General on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s disastrous operational changes...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Oct. 20, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project achieved an EM on Oct. 19 after relocating another million tons of contaminated soil and debris away from the Moab Site and the Colorado River, bringing the project’s cumulative total of mill tailings disposed to 11 million tons.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Glenda Taylor-Sanders, 52, of Matthews, N.C. was sentenced to 66 months in prison in federal court today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr., for orchestrating a $400,000 fraudulent loan scheme involving insurance premiums, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers completed an immigration enforcement activity, which resulted in the arrest of 54 immigration violators throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area, and the neighboring counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Dutchess, Ulster and Westchester.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jen Wong, age 28, of Staten Island, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute 109 pounds of marijuana in Clinton County.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
Release: NEW YORK - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of installing new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout John F. Kennedy International Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute A Controlled Substance And Being A Felon In Possession of Firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Elko District Office is making Christmas tree-cutting permits available to the public starting Nov. 1. Permits cost $4 each with a limit of 10 per purchaser. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the public may purchase permits at the Elko District Office by email, or by telephone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Lee County, Georgia woman caught by agents with nearly 200 grams of pure methamphetamine while on probation was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison for her crime, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: What: U.S. Census Bureau officials will hold an audio news conference to share updates on 2020 Census operations and next steps. A live media Q&A session will immediately follow the briefing. As of Oct. 19, 99.98% of all housing units and addresses nationwide were accounted for in the 2020 Census with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE-Maurice Sewell, age 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Holly A. Brady after his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
